Comments on: Behind Lipitor’s celebrity physician/pitchman http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/12/behind-lipitors-celebrity.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/12/behind-lipitors-celebrity.html#comment-69474 Anonymous Sat, 09 Dec 2006 21:13:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/12/behind-lipitors-celebrity-physicianpitchman.html#comment-69474 he got his MD from Utah 1976 ... and no, you don't need to do an internship to be an MD, but you do need one to get a full license to practice. Designing plumbing equipment isn't practicing medicine .... he got his MD from Utah 1976 … and no, you don’t need to do an internship to be an MD, but you do need one to get a full license to practice. Designing plumbing equipment isn’t practicing medicine ….

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/12/behind-lipitors-celebrity.html#comment-69386 Anonymous Thu, 07 Dec 2006 03:25:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/12/behind-lipitors-celebrity-physicianpitchman.html#comment-69386 So what's your point? That he didn't jump through the right hoops or is somehow inferior since he doesn't practice medicine? I think the joke is on those of us with Ivy league medical degrees that are worth less than a plumber's license! So what’s your point? That he didn’t jump through the right hoops or is somehow inferior since he doesn’t practice medicine? I think the joke is on those of us with Ivy league medical degrees that are worth less than a plumber’s license!

]]> By: John J. Coupalhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/12/behind-lipitors-celebrity.html#comment-69362 John J. Coupal Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:14:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/12/behind-lipitors-celebrity-physicianpitchman.html#comment-69362 According to the link, he got the MD at Univ. of Utah.<br/><br/>I think many people do not practice medicine after getting their MD degree,for one reason or another; but do you get the degree without an internship? According to the link, he got the MD at Univ. of Utah.

I think many people do not practice medicine after getting their MD degree,for one reason or another; but do you get the degree without an internship?

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/12/behind-lipitors-celebrity.html#comment-69358 Anonymous Wed, 06 Dec 2006 06:06:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/12/behind-lipitors-celebrity-physicianpitchman.html#comment-69358 How does a master's degree qualify one to be called be a medical doctor? How does a master’s degree qualify one to be called be a medical doctor?

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